gcc crashes with an ICE, when generating code with debugging information. if the flag -g is omitted, the code compiles fine ...
gcc is invoked like this: gcc-4.2 -v -save-temps -DNDEBUG -D_PTHREADS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_SOURCE -march=i686 -O -Wfatal-errors -I../../Demo -I../../Source -g -c ../../Demo/TestHashTable.cpp Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2 --program-suffix=-4.2 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --disable-libmudflap --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.3 20080114 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-7) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -I../../Demo -I../../Source -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -D_PTHREADS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_SOURCE ../../Demo/TestHashTable.cpp -march=i686 -Wfatal-errors -fworking-directory -O -fpch-preprocess -o TestHashTable.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i486-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/i486-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: ../../Demo ../../Source /usr/include/c++/4.2 /usr/include/c++/4.2/i486-linux-gnu /usr/include/c++/4.2/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/cc1plus -fpreprocessed TestHashTable.ii -quiet -dumpbase TestHashTable.cpp -march=i686 -auxbase TestHashTable -g -O -Wfatal-errors -version -o TestHashTable.s GNU C++ version 4.2.3 20080114 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-7) (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.2.3 20080114 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-7). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: f406bbb58e12163da4726a4b8abbe4e4 ../../Demo/TestHashTable.cpp: In static member function âstatic void CTestHashTable::TestHashTableRandomly(time_t&)â: ../../Demo/TestHashTable.cpp:130: internal compiler error: in mem_loc_descriptor, at dwarf2out.c:8974 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2/README.Bugs>. the preprocessed file is attached. gcc-4.3 seems to work fine ... -- Summary: ICE in mem_loc_descriptor, at dwarf2out.c:8974 Product: gcc Version: 4.2.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tim at klingt dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35118